Table 4.

Key domains and target groups for In-Depth Interviews and Focus Group Discussions

Domains	Target group for IDI/FGD	Illustrative question/s
Research ethics influences	Research staff, researchers	How does research ethics affect your day to day research activities?
Research ethics training	Graduate students, research staff, researchers, IRB members	Have you ever taken any courses in bioethics or participated in ethics training?
Research ethics resources	Graduate students, research staff, researchers	If you had a bioethics or research ethics question, where would you go to get an answer?
Perception of strengths and challenges	Research staff, researchers, IRB members	What do you see as institution's greatest research ethics strengths?
Research ethics and your institutions approach to ethics review	IRB members	What do you feel is the role of the IRB at the institution?
Research experience	Graduate students	Have you conducted any research at this institution as a graduate student?
Relationship with IRB	Research staff, researchers, IRB members	How would you describe the IRB's relationship with researchers / research staff?
IRB Composition	IRB members	Where, if anywhere, is content-area expertise lacking in the committee?
Quality of IRB Review	IRB members	Do you feel the review process adds something to the research being conducted?

IRB Institutional Review Board (or Research Ethics Committees).